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First 7-week losing streak in history ― 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week under $30,000 as the battle to save the market from fresh lows grinds on. After hitting its highest since...
Bitcoin has no future as a payments network, says FTX CEO
Many consider Bitcoin to be a payments network, but Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t think so. The CEO of FTX cryptocurrency exchange Sam...
Tezos Foundation Launches Fund to Collect NFT Creations by African and Asian Artists
The Tezos Foundation recently said it has committed $1.23 million to a fund that will be used to collect non-fungible tokens (NFTs)...
Highlights May 16: Cryptos mixed, Bitcoin comeback expected?
The crypto market as a whole was mixed at the time of writing. Bitcoin is showing signs of a comeback. Top cryptos It is not much...
Turkish Referee Flips Bitcoin at Istanbul Derby Kick-Off, Soccer Authority Launches Probe
A soccer referee’s decision to toss a bitcoin before the start of a recent match between Istanbul giants Beşiktaş and...
Will Terra recover? Expert analysis, price prediction, and where to buy Terra
The price of Terra’s token LUNA was as $100 per 1 LUNA in April, but it crashed to near zero last week. TerraUSD (UST),...
UK Affirms Commitment to Regulate Stablecoins Following Terra Meltdown
The British Treasury Department has affirmed its commitment to regulate stablecoins after the collapse of terrausd (UST) and terra (LUNA)....
Veteran Investor Bill Miller Remains Bullish on Bitcoin — Confirms He Has a Lot of BTC
Famed value investor and fund manager Bill Miller says he has “a lot” of bitcoin and has not sold any despite the recent...
Goldman Sachs’ Blankfein Advises Companies and Consumers to Prepare for US Recession — Says It’s a ‘Very, Very High Risk’
Goldman Sachs Senior Chairman and former CEO Lloyd Blankfein has warned that companies and consumers should prepare for a recession in the...
Tron DAO Reserve Acquires Millions in TRX, Bitcoin, and Tether to Safeguard USDD
Seven days ago, Bitcoin.com News reported on the Tron DAO Reserve purchasing $38 million in tron to safeguard the network’s...
Onchain Analysis Report Says Terra’s Bitcoin Reserves Were Sent to Binance and Gemini
After the collapse of Terra’s once-stable coin terrausd (UST), a number of people wondered where the Luna Foundation Guard’s...
Ethereum Hashrate Taps an All-Time High Amid This Week’s Crypto Market Meltdown
Amid the crazy week in the world of cryptocurrencies and the Bitcoin network’s mining difficulty reaching a lifetime high at 31.25...
Authorities Seize Over 1,500 Crypto Mining Rigs in Dagestan Crackdown
Law enforcement and other authorities in Dagestan have closed down two illegal crypto farms, confiscating more than 1,500 mining machines....
Trust in Decentralized Finance Rattled After $100 Billion Left the Defi Economy
The effect of Terra’s demise continues to shine a light on the fragility surrounding the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem....
Welcome to Mars: I own everything, have total privacy and life has never been better
This is a parody of the article published by the World Economic Forum titled “Welcome to 2030. I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy And Life Has...
Ethereum in danger of 25% crash as ETH price forms classic bearish technical pattern
Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) looks ready to undergo a breakdown move in May as it forms a convincing “bear...
Terra’s Big Backers, Shanghai Court Declares Bitcoin Property, BTC Obituaries, and Triple Top Hopes — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
With the nightmare nosedive of Terra’s LUNA and UST, the Shanghai High People’s Court declaring that bitcoin is virtual...
Top Video Game Artists Adopt NFTs to Help Ukraine, Collection to Release on Official MetaHistory Museum
Since the outbroke of the Russian-Ukrainian war, many celebrities, social activities, and visual artists joined the league of supporting...
$1.9T wipeout in crypto risks spilling over to stocks, bonds — stablecoin Tether in focus
The cryptocurrency market has lost $1.9 trillion six months after it soared to a record high. Interestingly, these losses are bigger than...
The meaningful shift from Bitcoin maximalism to Bitcoin realism
There was a time when all cryptocurrencies traded against Bitcoin (BTC). Speculators ventured into other coins when they saw assuring...
Report: Central African Banking Regulator Says Crypto Ban Still Effective
An African regulator has told members of the six-nation Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) that a ban on...
Terra (LUNA) trading volume surge 200% as market adjusts to death spiral
It took just seven days for the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem to spiral down as prices came crashing from $85 on May 5 to nearly $0 on May 12. As...
Seaside Resort in Slovenia Promotes Itself With NFTs
The tourism organization in Portorož, a summer resort on the Adriatic coast of Slovenia, has decided to promote the destination...
Nigerian SEC Announces New Rules Governing Issuance of Digital Assets
The Nigerian securities regulator has announced new rules that govern the issuing of digital assets. The new rules also include...
DAOs, DEXs and whales? How Web3 organizations became the new crypto beasts
Web3 has brought a lot of excitement into the industry, as evidenced by the nearly $50 billion market capitalization Web3 tokens have...
Global Regulators Consider Launching a Joint Body to Coordinate Crypto Rules
Global market regulators are likely to launch a joint body within the next year to better coordinate cryptocurrency regulations, said a...
SEC Commissioner Expects Tighter Stablecoin Regulation — Yellen Says Stablecoins Not Real Threat to Financial Stability
A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to see stricter regulation on stablecoins. However, Treasury...
US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands Share Crypto Criminal Leads, Including a Potential $1B Ponzi Scheme
Officials from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands have shared data and identified more than 50 crypto-related criminal...
Terra ecosystem collapses, Sam Bankman-Fried buys Robinhood stock and crypto trader receives jail sentence for Ponzi scheme: Hodler’s Digest, May 8-14
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Number of Busted Illegal Crypto Mining Farms in Iran Nears 7,000
Authorities in Iran have shut down close to 7,000 unauthorized facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past two years, local media...
Crypto Market Rout Pulls the Floor out From Blue-Chip NFTs, Weekly Sales Down 64%
As markets slid in value during the past week, non-fungible token (NFT) floor values have dropped considerably. Blue-chip NFT collections...
Will the Ethereum 2.0 update reduce high gas fees?
Purpose of Ethereum 2.0 The primary goal of the Ethereum 2.0 update is to improve scalability so that the network can handle more...
Germany Declares Crypto Gains Tax-Free After 1 Year — Even if Used for Staking, Lending
The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year even...
Biggest Movers: LUNA Climbs 1,500% Following Do Kwon Tweets, While AVAX and NEAR Fall on Saturday
Following tweets from Terra founder Do Kwon, LUNA surged by over 1,500% on Saturday. However, with several exchanges halting deposits,...
The crypto crash: Top 3 coins that were dumped by investors this week
The crypto market saw one of its worse crashes in 2022 this week. The market has recovered slightly from these lows, with Bitcoin...
Top 3 coins to buy in this highly volatile market
If there is one thing that we can agree on about the crypto market right now is that volatility is here to stay. Yes, crypto has...
Ethereum (ETH) could reclaim $2500 as momentum indicators remain positive
Ethereum (ETH) has been recovering over the last few days after tanking to its lowest level in months. The coin is however poised for a...
Report: Terra Founder Do Kwon’s Spouse Seeks Police Protection After the LUNA and UST Fallout
Following the aftermath of the Terra blockchain tokens LUNA and UST losing significant value, reports indicate that the Terraform Labs...
Decentraland (MANA) surges by nearly 60% – Will bulls breach $1.5 next?
Decentraland (MANA) has reported some of the most breathtaking gains in crypto over the last day. The coin is now consolidating, and there...
Ripple (XRP) tests $0.5 in the recent rally – Can it bounce back from the crypto crash?
Ripple (XRP) appears to have stopped the bleeding after two days of steep decline. The coin has in fact found some bullish uptrend in what...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Back Below $2,000, BTC Down 6% to Start the Weekend
Following a strong rebound on Friday, crypto prices moved back into the red today, with BTC falling below $30,000 to start the weekend....
Despite the Low Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Elevated as Difficulty Taps an All-Time High
Amid the Terra blockchain meltdown, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been well above the 200 exahash per second range, at 212 EH/s at the...
Bitcoin stays under $30K as LUNA gains 600% during ‘insane volatility’
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to reclaim $30,000 into May 14 as traders looked forward to a relatively stable weekend. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart...
DeFi transforming lending routes on the blockchain
The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) is gradually expanding to encompass a significant share of the global financial lending space by...
American Financial Infidelity Report: 2 out of 5 Survey Respondents Hid Their Crypto Purchases
A recent survey study has found that two out of five Americans in committed relationships have admitted to hiding a cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin network fortifies as mining difficulty records ATH of 31.251T
Further distancing itself from any concerns of planned attacks on the blockchain, the Bitcoin (BTC) network established a new mining...
On-chain privacy is key to the wider mass adoption of crypto
Innovations in the crypto space appear daily. Whether through decentralized applications or new ways to implement and use nonfungible...
Public Consultations Reveal Positive Interest in Bank of Israel’s Digital Shekel
A survey carried out by the central bank of Israel has returned mostly positive responses from stakeholders regarding the possible...
Argentinian Senate Passes Bill That Would Tax Assets Held in Foreign Countries, Including Crypto
The Argentinian Senate has approved a bill that would allow the government to tax non-declared assets held in foreign countries by...
Metaverse-as-a-service will be the basis of the next internet era of Web3
The concept of the Metaverse has been around since the 1980s, but it has only been in recent years that we’ve seen hundreds of projects...
Etherscan, CoinGecko warn against ongoing MetaMask phishing attacks
Popular crypto analytics platforms Etherscan and CoinGecko have parallelly issued an alert against an ongoing phishing attack on their...
Polkadot vs. Ethereum: Two equal chances to dominate the Web3 world
For most casual digital asset investors, the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade promises to be a game-changing event that will improve efficiency,...
Chainalysis Reaches $8.6 Billion Valuation In $170 Million Series F Funding Round
Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency security and blockchain auditing firm, has announced it has completed a new funding round for its...
Veteran Investor Mark Mobius Expects Bitcoin to Fall Further — Cautions Crypto Traders Against Buying the Dip
Veteran investor Mark Mobius, the founder of Mobius Capital, has cautioned cryptocurrency traders against using the “buy the dip...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reaffirms Dogecoin ‘Has Potential as a Currency’ as Twitter Deal Is Put on Hold
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that dogecoin has potential as a currency. However, his Twitter buyout deal has been put on hold...
Central Bank of Chile Studies Issuance of a Digital Currency
The Central Bank of Chile revealed it is studying how to issue a national digital currency, the digital peso. The bank issued a report...
KICK․IO Is Evolving – Taking a Closer Look Into the Roadmap
PRESS RELEASE. The crypto world is as innovative and exciting as fickle and dynamic. Understanding the market needs and keeping up with...
Buy the dip, or wait for max pain? Analysts debate whether Bitcoin price has bottomed
It has been a rough week for the cryptocurrency market, primarily because of the Terra ecosystem collapse and its knock-on effect on...
Bitcoin and Ethereum had a rough week, but derivatives data reveals a silver lining
This week the crypto market endured a sharp drop in valuation after Coinbase, the leading U.S. exchange, reported a $430 million quarterly...
Bitcoin price could bounce to $35K, but analysts say don’t expect a ‘V-shaped recovery’
Altcoins saw a relief bounce on May 13 as the initial panic sparked by Bitcoin’s sell-off Terra’s UST collapse and multiple...
Proposed Crypto Mining Ban in Norway Fails to Gain Support in Parliament
A push to prohibit the energy-intensive proof-of-work mining of cryptocurrencies in Norway has been rejected by the majority of lawmakers....
Solana (SOL) reclaims $50 as it rallies from 2022 lows – Can it keep going?
After touching its lowest price in 2022, Solana (SOL) has rallied over the last few hours. The coin had struggled to cross above $50 after...
Apecoin sees renewed bullish momentum – Can the coin breach $10?
Apecoin (APE) is trending upwards today in line with the broader recovery in crypto. The coin appears to have paired some of the losses we...
Stablecoin Shuffle — Terra Fiasco Shakes up Fiat-Pegged Crypto Economy, Over $35 Billion Disappears
According to statistics on Friday, May 13, the top stablecoins by market capitalization are currently worth $163.7 billion after the...
Bitcoin macro bottom ‘not in yet’ warns analyst as BTC price holds $30K
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to clinch $31,000 by the Wall Street open on May 13 as new warnings forecast a continuation of the downside. BTC/USD...
Failed exit? Traders complain Crypto.com reversed profitable LUNA transactions
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has halted the trading of Terra (LUNA) tokens after it determined that user transactions were quoted at...
Price analysis 5/13: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, AVAX, SHIB
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded sharply after dropping near its realized price of $24,000 on May 12, suggesting some bulls went against the herd...
Breaking: Do Kwon proposes Terra revival, including token redistribution plan
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has tabled a proposal to preserve the Terra ecosystem following the historic depegging of its...
Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg
On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200...
Following French Montana, Vietnam’s Number 1 Celebrity Singer Son Tung M-TP Joins RACA’s USM Metaverse
PRESS RELEASE. The Vietnamese music celebrity’s videos have garnered close to 2.5 billion lifetime views on Youtube. RACA Hits a...
2 big cryptocurrencies to worry about after LUNA crash
The Terra LUNA crash has led to worries about the next top cryptocurrencies that could crash. Like with LUNA, it is incredibly difficult...
3 reasons why Cardano can sink further despite ADA price bouncing 58%
Cardano (ADA) pared a big portion of the weekly losses incurred during this week’s crypto market rout. ADA’s price reached an...
Blockchains are forever: DLT makes diamond industry more transparent
Diamonds are some of the world’s most valued gemstones, and the global diamond industry has managed to remain afloat despite being...
Biggest Movers: SHIB, DOT Nearly 30% Higher, as SOL Also Surges
Cryptocurrency markets were mostly in the green on Friday, as DOT was up by nearly 40%, moving away from an 18-month low. Although SOL,...
‘A Dark Day for Crypto’ — A Deep Dive Into the Obliterated Terra Token Ecosystem and Damaged Apps
Following a few days of carnage, the two leading crypto assets built on top of the Terra blockchain have plummeted to significant lows....
Chelsea Football Club partners with Amber Group-backed crypto platform WhaleFin
Chelsea Football Club has entered into a $20 million per year partnership with WhaleFin, an Amber Group-backed crypto platform. Following...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH, BTC Surge Over 10% as Big 2 Lead Crypto Rebound
As LUNA’s life support was all but switched off on Friday, BTC and ETH rallied, with prices climbing by as much as 10%....
Binance resumes spot trading for LUNA and UST
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced a resumption to spot trading for Terra (LUNA)...
Bitcoin price prediction: beware of a dead cat bounce
The Bitcoin price is having a dead cat bounce after experiencing its worst crash this year. BTC is trading at $30,500, which is above this...
David Marcus unveils new Bitcoin company called Lightspark
Lightspark, a new bitcoin-focused startup launched by former Meta (Facebook) crypto head David Marcus, is currently recruiting as it looks...
Bitcoin mining in Norway gets the green light as the proposed ban rejected
There’s Nor-way they can ban Bitcoin (BTC) mining in Norway now. That’s according to a majority vote passed by the Norwegian parliament on...
Canadian Bitcoin ETF adds 6.9K BTC in one day as GBTC discount hits record low
Bitcoin (BTC) descending to $24,000 has cost its largest institutional investment vehicle more than the average hodler. According to data...
Hong Kong Police Arrest Conman After He Vanished With Over $191K Belonging to a Crypto Trader
Hong Kong police have arrested a man accused of stealing $191,085 from a cryptocurrency trader in what turned out to be a bogus...
Shiba Inu jumps 27% after getting listed on Rain, a top Middle East crypto exchange
Rain, a leading crypto exchange based in Bahrain Middle East, has listed Shiba Inu to expand its trading volume and adoption after two...
Bank of Spain Governor Highlights Need for Fast Regulation in Defi and Crypto
Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain and chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, explained that the...
A Story of Incredible Belief….. How GAIMIN Gladiator’s Acquired Team Tickles!
It normally takes a newly formed esports team 12-18 months to gel and experience success, however GAIMIN Gladiator’s Dota 2 team...
BitKwonnect? ‘Luna Brothers’ moment sees Terra inflate token supply 3,500% overnight
Terra (LUNA), the in-house token of Blockchain protocol Terra, is undergoing major changes which are causing intrigue and despair in equal...
Crypto not having a Lehman moment and whale buying will come, Nexo co-founder says
The TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin meltdown has caused panic among stablecoin and general crypto market investors. While the Terra Luna...
European Commission Has ‘Serious Doubts’ About Markets in Crypto Assets Draft, Report Reveals
The European Commission disagrees with some provisions in the crypto regulatory proposal approved recently by the European Parliament. The...
The crypto market isn’t going to zero and will recover with stocks, says FTX CEO
The cryptocurrency has struggled in recent weeks, with investors losing a huge chunk of their money during that period. The cryptocurrency...